The Australian tenor Michael Smallwood commenced vocal training while completing a law degree at the University of Melbourne. After studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, the Australian National Academy of Music and New York's Juilliard School, he entered the prestigious Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera in 2001, later becoming a member of the ensemble. Freelance since 2004, he has worked in many major houses in Europe and the US, including The Santa Fe Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Glyndebourne, The Flemish Opera (Vlaamse Opera), Opéra de Lyon, Chicago Opera Theater, Badisches Staatstheater, Deutsche Staatsoper (Berlin), the Komische Oper Berlin, Barcelonas Liceu, the Nederlandse Opera, Staatsoper Kassel, Opera Australia, as well as returning regularly to the Hamburg State Opera. In opera and concert he has worked with many important conductors including Yves Abel, Richard Farnes, Vladimir Jurowski, Friedemann Layer, Ingo Metzmacher, Julius Rudel, Ulf Schirmer, Steven Sloane, Stefan Soltesz, Constantinos Carydis, Ilan Vokov, Alfred Eschwe, Josep Pons and Simone Young. A sought-after performer of baroque music, his collaborators include William Christie, Alessandro de Marchi, Michael Hofstetter, Jane Glover, Thomas Hengelbrock and Konrad Junghänel. His operatic roles span the length and breadth of the repertoire: from Montiverdi's "Orfeo", Acis, Grimoaldo ("Rodelinda") and Oronte ("Alcina"), Ferrando ("Cosí fan tutte"), through Kudrjas ("Katya Kabanova"), Lysander ("A Midsummer Night's Dream") and Albert Herring, Andres ("Wozzeck"), and Truffaldino ("L'Amour des Trois Oranges"). 1  2  >>